"Older" people have joined Reddit

Shan Doras

I was under the impression that Reddit users were all aged Teen to 25 but I've seen a few threads there lately that look to be full of elder boards veterans, a recent one about phantom fm for example with old chestnuts like "how am I expected to I listen to an internet station in the car" "I still use a Nokia 3110"

www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/1d8mfus/i_still_miss_phantom_radio_there_was_and_is_no/?rdt=38887

con747

People over 25 are now old…..

SuperBowserWorld

Yes, the quarter life crisis is real.

Sleeper12

Reddit is almost 20 years old now. A 20 year old at launch is now almost 40 years old.

ancapailldorcha

From Pew Research:

https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2023/12/11/teens-social-media-and-technology-2023/#:~:text=YouTube%20continues%20to%20dominate.,%25)%20and%20Instagram%20(59%25).

I think Reddit will avoid the fate of Myspace and Digg for quite a while yet but it's very much a relic of the previous generation's mores with regards to the internet. People seem to want quicker hits and less faff and that's what TikTok and Youtube shorts provide. Surprised to see Facebook hanging in there though.

fuzzy dunlop

Old people are the future…..

amacca

This is probably a badly thought out post ...from an older person

But I wonder will there always be a baseline cohort that gravitate towards a message board/reddit scenario

It has advantages over tok tok...in that you can have more of a debate, things are searchable. As you get older it might be more about getting answers to questions/researching (things like finance/pension etc....things that don't lend themselves well to quick hits with videos etc

The "yoof" of today may evolve towards less 30 seconds shorts etc as they age

I'd wonder if Facebook hanging in there due to marketplace to a degree too

Bobson Dugnutt

That Ireland Reddit is full of absolute ballbags.